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Tuesday, February 9, 2010

Tuesday, February 9, 2010

I know a lot of people like frogs. Heck, even I think the bright green fella who hangs out on my front door is adorable. (Until he starts jumping in my direction, of course. Then he turns into a slimy hell beast who leaves me no choice but to climb shrieking onto John's shoulders to escape the "hop zone.")

Still, I don't really get the whole frog cake thing. Other than my front door buddy, the only other close encounter I've had with a frog was in 7th grade biology, and that one smelled anything but appetizing.

You could argue, and rightly so, that cakes in the shapes of animals are nothing new, so why am I picking on frog cakes?

Well, geez, man, just look at this thing:

He's mean, green, shaped like a tureen, and lookin' mighty PO'd about his toe issues.

(In his defense, those are some serious toe issues. Ouch.)

How's this for a scrumptious specimen?

Wow. PETA could use this guy in an anti-frog legs campaign. How could you possibly cut into that poor, terrified visage? Leave him and his splatted fly tongue alone, you heartless cake murderer!

At least this guy looks happy:

I'm guessing he's proud as punch of that funny little limb beard. Or has his chin sprung a leak?

Here's a sultry little number in honor of Valentine's Day:

This amorous amphibian is ready for romance!And maybe some Visine, since her eyeballs appear to be on fire.

Also for Valentine's, here's a princely gem:

Or should I say princely jewels? (HEYO!!)

Bakers, seriously, I'm all for maximizing your cookie cutter designs, but using that cutter for frogs is, frankly, quite a leap.

If you hadn't told me so, I wouldn't have known any of those cakes were supposed to be frogs, except maybe the Amorous Amphibian. And the Anti-Frog-Legs ad doesn't have any discernible legs. Have already been cut off?

Note to Wreckorators: Just painting anything green does NOT make it a frog.

Personally, I find the idea of cutting into any cake that is made to look like a living creature completely disgusting. Even something as adorable as that Eeyore on Sunday Sweets. Maybe especially with something as adorable as that. At least with these frogs, I would feel like I was putting them out of their misery.

I am one of the frog lovers that you speak of. I love all frogs, real or otherwise, so I would think that frog cakes would just be one of the best things that could ever happen to me. Um, yeah....not so much.

I think to make up for what you have done to me, you need to get busy for a sunday sweet of the most amazing frog cakes. I know they are out there!Thanks anyway,Becky

Appropriately, number two gives new meaning to the phrase "potty mouth", seeing as to how it is completely constructed of icing "poo". Maybe it caught a bee instead of a fly and discovered it's allergic, or perhaps it is simply hopped up on grass...

I know that the red coil on the first one is supposed to be the tongue and the black line the mouth. I *know* that. For some reason, though, I look at it and see the mouth as the nose and the red as something really gross coming out of it.

@John (the hubby of Jen), well, if she wrote this almost a year ago, then of course it sounds different, because she's probably gotten about 50 times better than she used to be ;) I still really enjoyed the post, though.

These frogs are both ugly and hilarious! "Limb beard" LOL. #3 looks like a toad with those red pimples, and those eyes are nothing short of demonic. It looks like something that would crawl out from under your bed. *shiver*

Of course, I'm a froggy lover, too, so I'm with others about wanting froggy Sunday Sweets :D Because these cakes are just terrible . . .

Oh! By the way, this blog has inspired me to take up cake decorating. We'll see how it goes, if I create wonderful cakes or . . . wrecks D:>

I'm not scared of frogs but I really hate cane toads, poisonous little brutes that they are, and will scream and try to get out of their hop zone. The Valentine frog cake scares the jimminy jillikers out of me though. I rather like the third one though. And seriously, are the last ones with their giant bums made from wrinkly dongs? It's still terribly unclear what those cookie cutters are actually meant to be.

Here in South Australia frog cakes are a state icon - made by the bakery chain Balfours. They look like this:http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_4j98GpsptYM/SXZvZwzGjxI/AAAAAAAAAuA/NmJvJY54bhY/s400/Frog+Cakes.jpgThey're sickly sweet because they're sponge cake with fondant on the outside and topped with cream, but they'll never die out because they're so South Australian!

I happen to love frogs :) Even had a pixy frog as a pet until it died in a house fire. Just think...so cute and green and hoppy! what's not to love? Any chance of Sunday Sweets focusing on animals?wv: Prerl. Sort of like pearl but less intuitive.

LOL, those sad looking frogs didn't know what was comin' when the baker decided to be creative. And the cookie frogs! HAHAHA! Couldn't help but want to laugh REALLY hard. Although they were kinda cute, still very wrong.

The nineth, yesterday was my birthday, and I just wanted to say thanks. I'm a freshman in college and I am no a devote wreckie. As is my roomie. We have bonded over horrifically misformed and misinformed confections. And yesterday when she turned up with a copy of your book and a cake with a carrot jockie on it I knew I would have to say thanks. So Thankyou Jen, for making my life all that much brighter, and my college experience just that much easier. You're the best!Emily

As I was looking at this post my 16 yr old son walked by. He asked me to scroll back to the second frog & then he burst out laughing. He said it look just like a big green blob he used to have nightmares about when he was small. He had fears of it for years - really creepy! ;)

Boob nazi and Burton, I'm with you. Why would you want to cut into a fermaldehyde stinking slimy frog only to find frog guts, when you can cut into a creepy green cake and find--buttercream! cake! strawberries!

In South Australia, Australia we consider the Balfour's frog cakehttp://www.facebook.com/pages/Balfours-Frog-Cakes/32910190309to be a state icon. Althoug if you observe from this fb page, the image can sometimes be misconstrued. Anyway this cake has been popular in our state for the past 80 odd years...and yet, it really looks nothing like a frog of any description. Tastes good though. http://www.balfours.com.au/smallcakes.htmlhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frog_cake

I have had a horrible day, I just have to say thank you for the Frog post! I was laughing so hard I am crying and I really needed a good laugh! Thank you to all of the amazing wreckers out there who just made my day a whole ton better!

The only kind of frog I like, is when thier legs are cooked like a chicken leg. I have to blame my grandpa for this. He made me try frog legs. I have to say, I don't regret it. They're actually pretty good if you prepare them right.

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